You may remember my earlier posts. I am now 2 weeks into a kitten/cat introduction. I went through the whole scent introduction, site swapping, eating by door etc. Things kept getting better: they sniff each others noses, i feed them next to each others, they sleep on separate tiers of the cat tower and overall just seem to coexist. However, the adult is low-energy and clearly is still annoyed by the kitten and would prefer not to have him around. When the kitten is in a playful mood, he will stalk and rush her, but then always stop at the last minute in front of her face and usually get a couple whacks. There hasn't been any hissing or growling at all except for one isolated incident last night when the adult hissed once.
So my issue is that over the last day, the adult is pushing back more. They are both active before bed. We do a lot to work energy out of both of them for a while before bed. A few times last night the adult ran up to the kitten and just started whacking him in the face and chase him out of the room. My wife scruffed the adult and put her on the cat tower and it sorta diffused the situation. It seems like the difference in energy level is the only problem, for 90% of the day there are no problems its just if the kitten gets really amped up without us distracting him.
We have a runt adult. She is only 6.5 lbs. The 13 week kitten is basically 60-70% her size already and noticeably growing each week. I suspect he will be her size by 6 months.
I don't expect they'll become best friends. My hope is that they'll coexist long enough that the kitten begins to calm down. Does this situation seem okay? Is she establishing dominance still?
So my issue is that over the last day, the adult is pushing back more. They are both active before bed. We do a lot to work energy out of both of them for a while before bed. A few times last night the adult ran up to the kitten and just started whacking him in the face and chase him out of the room. My wife scruffed the adult and put her on the cat tower and it sorta diffused the situation. It seems like the difference in energy level is the only problem, for 90% of the day there are no problems its just if the kitten gets really amped up without us distracting him.
We have a runt adult. She is only 6.5 lbs. The 13 week kitten is basically 60-70% her size already and noticeably growing each week. I suspect he will be her size by 6 months.
I don't expect they'll become best friends. My hope is that they'll coexist long enough that the kitten begins to calm down. Does this situation seem okay? Is she establishing dominance still?